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呆 (Kangxi radical 30,口+4, 7 strokes,cangjie input口木 (RD),four-corner60904,composition⿱口木)
Additional Derived Characters
- 𠳳, 𭑼, 𰐯, 𰑠,𪭷, 𤞥, 𨹦, 𪲖, 𣮃, 𤥯, 𥆫, 𮀛, 𮇠, 𣍀, 𣕷, 𮘒, 𨲃, 𮷰, 𩛴, 𫗷, 𣔣, 𠻇, 𣘫, 𪁣, 𲍹, 𣞃
- 𫬕, 𡷵, 𰱅, 𰠀, 𩭚, 𤶭, 𧜯, 𰟺, 𥧷
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 181, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
- Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5446
- Etymology 1
- Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 口(“mouth”) + 木(“wood”) – dull, not sharp; wooden. Then the meaning evolved into "not sharp > stupid"
- Etymology 2
- See保.
- Etymology 3
- Simplified from槑.
Note:
- tai - vernacular;
- gâi - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003) |
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| Character | 呆 | 呆 |
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| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
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| No. | 1956 | 1957 |
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Phonetic
component | 呆 | 呆 |
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Rime
group | 之 | 之 |
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Rime
subdivision | 0 | 0 |
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Corresponding
MC rime | 𪒴 | 皚 |
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Old
Chinese | /*tɯː/ | /*ŋɯː/ |
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| Notes | 懛今字 | 獃今字 |
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呆
- dull;wooden
- dull-minded;simple;stupid
- (Eastern Min)bad
- (chiefly Mainland China)alternative form of待(“tostay”)
在廣州呆了十幾年[MSC,trad.]
在广州呆了十几年[MSC,simp.]- zài guǎngzhōudāile shí jǐ nián[Pinyin]
- was in Guangzhou for 10 or so years
- asurname,Dai
Dialectal synonyms of
壞 (“bad; not good”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 惡 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 壞 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 壞,賴 |
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| Taiwan | 壞 |
| Malaysia | 壞 |
| Singapore | 壞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 壞,孬,賴 |
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| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 瞎,壞 |
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| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 壞 |
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| Wuhan | 壞,拐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 壞 |
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| Hefei | 壞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 壞,弊,衰 |
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| Hong Kong | 壞,衰 |
| Zhongshan(Shiqi) | 衰 |
| Yangjiang | 壞 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 衰 |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 衰 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 壞 |
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| Hakka | Meixian | 壞 |
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| Wuhua(Meilin) | 衰 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 賴,壞 |
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| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 壞,獰 |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 呆,否 |
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| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹,䆀 |
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| Xiamen(Tong'an) | 歹 |
| Quanzhou | 歹 |
| Jinjiang | 歹 |
| Nan'an | 歹 |
| Shishi | 歹 |
| Zhangzhou | 䆀 |
| Zhao'an | 䆀,孬 |
| Tainan | 歹 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 䆀,歹 |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 歹 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 歹 |
| Datian | 歹 |
| Chaozhou | 孬 |
| Shantou | 孬 |
| Jieyang | 孬,歹 |
| Puning | 孬 |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 歹,孬 |
| Leizhou | 㾀 |
| Wenchang | 㾀 |
| Haikou | 㾀 |
| Singapore(Hainanese) | 㾀 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 壞,恘 |
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| Suzhou | 壞,恘 |
| Ningbo | 歪,推扳,嘸做 |
| Wenzhou | 毛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 壞,拐 |
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| Shuangfeng | 壞,拐 |
- 呆傻(dāishǎ)
- 呆痴(dāichī)
- 𡳞面(Hokkien, vulgar)
- 𡳞鳥面 /𡳞鸟面(Hokkien, vulgar)
- 愚戇 /愚戆(Hokkien)
- 愚昧(yúmèi)
- 愚笨(yúbèn)
- 愚蠢(yúchǔn)
- 愚鈍 /愚钝(yúdùn)
- 拙(zhuō)(literary, or in compounds)
- 拙笨(zhuōbèn)
- 撚樣 /撚样(lan2 joeng6-2)(Cantonese, vulgar)
- 暗昧(ànmèi)
- 梢跤(Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢跤軟蹄 /梢跤软蹄(Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢蹬(Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 棒槌(bàngchuí)
- 海鱟 /海鲎(Hokkien)
- 混鈍 /混钝(Hokkien)
- 痴呆
- 發踱 /发踱(7faq8doq)(Wu)
- 笨(bèn)
- 笨拙(bènzhuō)
- 笨車車 /笨车车(Hokkien)
- 臭笨(Hokkien)
- 菜瓜(Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 蠢(chǔn)
- 蠢氣 /蠢气(qyn3 qi4)(Xiang)
- 蠢笨(chǔnbèn)
- 袋屎(Hokkien)
- 袋屎袋尿(Hokkien)
- 跤梢(Xiamen Hokkien)
- 遲鈍 /迟钝(chídùn)
- 阿西(Hokkien)
- 頇顢 /顸颟(Hokkien)
- 頑鈍 /顽钝(wándùn)(literary)
- 鱟 /鲎(Hokkien)
- 鳩拙 /鸠拙(jiūzhuó)(literary)
For pronunciation and definitions of呆 – see保 (“toraise; torear; tokeep; tomaintain; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of保). |
For pronunciation and definitions of呆 – see梅.
(This character is a variant form of梅). |
呆
(Hyōgai kanji)
- amazed,disgusted,shocked
呆 (eumhun어리석을매(eoriseogeul mae))
- hanja form? of매(“dull-minded;simple;stupid”)
呆:Hán Nôm readings:ngốc
- stupid, naive, foolish
